WEBVTT OVERNIGHT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THREE PEOPLE. THE FIRST IN JACKSONVILLE, WHERE A SMALL PLANE CRASH NEAR THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AT WHITE’S GAP KILLED ONE PASSENGER. MOMENTS AGO, WE LEARNED THAT 27-YEAR-OLD STEPHANIE OF GEORGIA WAS KILLED. A WOMAN IN HER 20’S. THE SECOND PASSENGER IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE THIS MORNIN NO WORD ON WHERE THIS PLANE WAS HEADED TO. WE ARE TOLD THE NTSB IS HEADED TO THE SCENE A LITTLE LATER ON THIS MORNING TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE. SMOKE IN THE DISTANCE HELPED CREWS FIND THE WAY. >> WE’RE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH OUR TERRITORY, BUT WHEN YOU CRASH IN A WOODED AREA ON A MOUNTAIN THATS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET TALL IN THE NIGHT, REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO LOCATE YOU IS IF YOU’RE STILL AWAKE. BRITTANY: OFFICIALS SAY THEY WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THE PLANE WITH THE HELP OF THE 911 CENTER USING THE PILOT’S CELL PHONE COORDINATES. THE SURVIVING PASSENGER IS BEING TREATED THIS MORNING AT- HUNTSVILLE HOSPINING AT-

Sheriff Wade says two people were on-board, and he was told one person died at the scene. Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown identified the victim as Stefanie Fasselin, 27, of Peachtree City, Georgia. The other person was taken by helicopter to a hospital. There is no word on that person's condition.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the plane is a Beech BE-35, and it crashed about 8:00 p.m.

The FAA says local officials reported the aircraft collided with a tree and caught fire.

Sheriff Wade reported the plane was having engine trouble, and was attempting to find a safe place to land.

It's unknown what the plane's departure location was, or where it was headed.